Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Fever Scare

Ok, what is it about kids and fever on Friday nights right after the Dr.'s office closes, late at night, or Holiday's when the Dr.'s office is closed? My kids seem to have fit in everyone of those categories sometime in their lives! :) As you all know, we have been sick around here. Chace has been running fever, and we have been waiting for the Dr's office to open after a long weekend for him to be seen! Well last night about 10:00 pm, he starts feeling really bad, so I checked his temp and it was 101.3, so I gave him a dose of Advil so he could go to bed. Well he laid on the couch for almost an hour, but still he was looking bad. So I checked his temp. again and it was 103.1, I started to get a little worried, so he went back into the luke warm bath. After that, I put him back on the couch and took his temp again, IT WAS 105.3!!! I Know, I was FREAKING OUT!! I thought I looked at it wrong, maybe that 5 was a 2. I said OH MY GOSH! Chace said what is it, I told him he didn't need to know! I took it again and it was 105.0. I went and got every thermometer we own, and was testing them out, Chance was getting all his A/C, thermometer gadgets! I told him this wasn't a science experiment! :) He went back into the bath, for as long as he could stand it! It started to go down, little by little. A few minutes later, it was 103.4. I had my shoes on and my purse on my shoulder, ready to go to the hospital! My husband said, give it 15 more minutes, if it's not down will go. Well PRAISE GOD!!!!! It started going down and we finally got to breathe easier and go to bed! I say bed, I set my alarm every hour to take his temperature! So I didn't get much sleep. Then I had to go to the Dr. at 8:00 am for myself. Chace's Dr. couldn't see him and mine couldn't either, so I took him to a new pediatric office, that my Dr. suggested! They were really good there! Well my diagnosis was right, he has Strep. She said his tonsils were really red and really big! So I guess his tonsils will be taken out soon! Autumn had Strep so much, that she had to get hers out last December! Well, I guess that's enough of my drama! I just ask for continued prayers for us, and that his fever doesn't get like that again! That is too SCARY for me!! Thank you all for the prayers already! Sorry for not posting a card today, I did make one, but I can't post it yet! :)If you read all of this, you are a sweet blog friend! :) Thanks!

Winter... I am sorry you had a had a rough night and that your son is has strep! That alone is scary (I've heard untreated.. it could be bad) but the fever being so high would freak me out as well! I hope you both feel better soon! Did you find out anything about yourself? Not trying to be nosey so don't answer if you don't want! Will keep you guys in my prayers!! :)

What a terrible time you have all been going through! What is it about the after hours illnesses? It always seems to be the case for us too. I have visited the emergency room in more countries than I care to think about! I hope you ALL are feeling much better and quickly.BTW- I love the photo of Autumn and I'd be right there with you yelling at the kids to get away from the edge! We may travel a lot, but I'm still overly protective of my kids. Maybe one day I'll be more free spirited... I doubt it. :-)Big hugs!!

omg!! so happy he is better!! Im not sure what happened but it doesn't show your new post anymore i was scrolling down im like hey...hey ....hey i havent seen any of these beautiful cards!! sooo pretty!!

About Me

I am a child of God, a wife,and a mother. I'm married to my best friend Chance of 18 years. We have two beautiful children, Autumn 18 years and Chace 15 years.We live in a little town in Texas, where we are very happy & Blessed!